Bavarian-born Simon Mayr spent much of his life in Italy where he promoted Viennese classical composition but also absorbed much from his studies in Bergamo...continue...
Recording information: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (09/05/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

'Imagine' is the first Warner Classics release from dynamic young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau (b. 1991), who sees the album as "an exploration of all...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame du Bon Secours, Paris (06/02/2014-06/06/2014)....continue...

Inaugurated in 1958, Das Alte Werk quickly gained a reputation for historically informed, high-quality recordings. As the field of early music spread wider and wider...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde kerk Haarlem....continue...

When Luc Beause´jour recorded Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier [8.557625-26] he was hailed by International Piano for 'his instinct for discovering exactly the right...continue...
Recording information: St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (2011-08-08_2011-08-11&2012-)....continue...

Andrea Antico was a printer from Dalmatia who obtained, through the first Medici Pope, Leo X, a monopoly on printing keyboard music. His 1517 collection...continue...
Recording information: Monreale, Sicily (06/2014)....continue...

This specially-priced reissue of one of the label's finest recordings is packaged with a complete 2015 harmonia mundi catalog. Surprisingly, this recording of Bach's monumental...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (07/2009)....continue...

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) was the foremost German virtuoso flautist of his day, composing in excess of 500 works during the course of his long...continue...
Recording information: WGBH Studios, Boston, MA (04/2009)....continue...

A. G. Brescianello’s (1690-1758) Tisbe, based on the popular tale of Pyramus and Thisbe, was the result of a commission from the Duke Eberhard IV...continue...
Recording information: Mozartsaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart (09/30/2012-10/02/2012)....continue...

About the less than 40 extant compositions of father Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745) and his son Jean-Baptiste Antoine (1699-1782), scholars remain divided as to whom proper...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany (05/17/2011-05/19/2011)....continue...

Six spectacular re-releases now available for a budget-friendly price, with works ranging from Haydn to Rachmaninov, performed by Lorin Maazel, Herbert Blomstedt and more....continue...
Recording information: London....continue...

This is Kenneth Weiss's third Bach recording for Satirino, and his third recording on a historic instrument from the Paris Musee de la Musique collection,...continue...
Recording information: Cité de la Musique, Paris (06/2013/12/2013)....continue...

The sonatas for recorder and basso continuo demonstrate Handel's great mastery. Many of their melodic ideas, even entire movements, can also be found in his...continue...
Recording information: Pieve della Mitria, Nave (BS) (09/07/2011-09/11/2011)....continue...

The Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra present their critically acclaimed performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, proving once again that they are the leading chamber ensemble in Iceland....continue...
Recording information: Askirkja, Reykjavík (12/1998/02/1999)....continue...

In 1926, an extensive collection of handwritten Vivaldi scores from a private source came to light, now housed in the Turin library. The violin concerto,...continue...
Recording information: Skálholtskirja, Iceland (08/2000)....continue...

François Couperin's two collections of chamber music - the Concerts Royaux (1722) and Les Nations (1726) - use what today would be called open scoring,...continue...
Recording information: The von Nagel harpsichord workshop, Paris (2013-10-06_2013-10-07&2013-)....continue...

The Ferrara-born Luzzasco Luzzaschi might not exactly be a household name, but his contribution to the development of the madrigal places him within that elite...continue...
Recording information: Basilica di San Martino Maggiore, Bologna (08/2011-09/2011); Marano di Valpolicella, Verona (08/2011-09/2011); Santuario di Santa Maria di Valverde (08/2011-09/2011)....continue...

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Prélude for harpsichord in A minor (Premier livre de pièces de clavecin); Allemande for harpsichord in A minor (Premier livre de pièces de clavecin); Deuxièm...
Performers:
Frisch, Celine

This recording presents, from the hands of one of the most appealing performers of her generation, some of the most beautiful passages written for the...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Rémi Church, Franc-Warêt, Belgium (12/2007)....continue...